Recruitment and retention
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/7260
Version Date: 22/01/2025
The Positive Action team continues to engage with diverse communities through attending events such as cultural celebrations, religious festivals and community events. The team works closely with recruitment agencies, career advisors and the education sector, providing inputs about career opportunities within policing, our under-representation and how we can support people from under-represented groups into careers or volunteering.
The Resource & Development Department has provided the following information.
All figures are for Full Time Equivalent (not Headcount)
I would like to know the recruitment and retention statistics between October 2020-October 2024 for the following groups:
All Women: Police Officers and Police Staff
All Men: Police Officers and Police Staff
Black women (British; Caribbean; African) Police Officers and Police Staff Black men (British; Caribbean; African) Police Officers and Police Staff
from October 2020-2024
|
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
|
All Joiners |
1228.16 |
1274.94 |
2503.10 |
|
Black Joiners |
1.00 |
5.00 |
6.00 |
Does not include ‘Black - Other Black Background’ as not specifically requested
|
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
|
All Leavers |
765.65 |
1077.78 |
1843.43 |
|
Black Leavers |
0.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
Does not include ‘Black - Other Black Background’ as not specifically requested
Individuals employed on 31/10/24 are classed as a November leaver and would therefore not be included in the above figures
Average length of service for all of the above groups.
|
Female |
Male |
|
|
All Officers & Staff |
11.50 |
11.60 |
|
Black Officers & Staff |
10.00 |
7.00 |
Average length of service time is the number of years
Reasons for leaving the organisations for all of the above groups.
All Leavers
|
Reason |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
Age Retirement (<25yrs) |
22.66 |
85.20 |
107.86 |
|
Age Retirement (50+/25yrs+) |
32.53 |
97.14 |
129.67 |
|
Compulsory Retirement Age |
1.00 |
6.00 |
7.00 |
|
Contract ceased |
4.68 |
3.20 |
7.88 |
|
Died off duty |
7.76 |
8.67 |
16.43 |
|
Died on duty |
0.86 |
0.00 |
0.86 |
|
Dismiss/Required to resign |
19.42 |
36.95 |
56.37 |
|
Early retirement |
3.49 |
10.17 |
13.65 |
|
ERMA |
4.07 |
3.49 |
7.56 |
|
Internal transfer |
11.58 |
5.00 |
16.58 |
|
Med. ret. less than 30 yrs service |
19.06 |
20.36 |
39.42 |
|
Med. ret. more than 30 yrs service |
1.41 |
0.00 |
1.41 |
|
Normal retirement |
119.44 |
302.52 |
421.97 |
|
Police Staff Interforce Transfer |
35.16 |
13.43 |
48.59 |
|
Redundancy |
3.36 |
4.92 |
8.28 |
|
Redundancy - Voluntary |
1.00 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
|
Resign - during discipline |
2.82 |
8.00 |
10.82 |
|
Resign - in probation |
70.55 |
114.00 |
184.55 |
|
Resign - voluntary |
372.63 |
290.68 |
663.31 |
|
Resigned - would have been dismissed |
3.00 |
9.00 |
12.00 |
|
Retire - during discipline |
1.00 |
2.55 |
3.55 |
|
Tfr - England & Wales |
10.77 |
23.50 |
34.27 |
|
Tfr - other |
0.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
TUPE transfer |
17.42 |
31.00 |
48.42 |
|
Grand Total |
765.65 |
1077.78 |
1843.43 |
Black Leavers
|
Reason |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
Resign - voluntary |
0.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
Grand Total |
0.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |